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The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

'Chummy reception for a dictator': Trump returns to Washington after Alaska summit with Putin

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

Politics, Versant, Ms Now, Versant Media, Washington, News, President, Policy, Government, Senate, Congress, Msnbc

4.53.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

President Trump returns to Washington after his Alaska summit with Putin that had no clear outcome except a major win for the Russian leader. Then, new economic data shows consumers are starting to feel the pain from Trump's trade agenda. Plus, a parial reversal in the President’s D.C. police takeover. Peter Baker, David Rohde, Nayyera Haq, Kevin Baron, and Justin Wolfers join The 11th Hour this Friday night.

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0:00.0

Good evening once again. I am Stephanie Rule, and it is day 208 of the second Trump administration.

0:11.4

And President Trump is now on board Air Force One and headed back to Washington after his summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

0:19.2

So let's talk about what we know. Each side got out of this

0:22.8

meeting. Vladimir Putin got to set foot on American soil for the first time in a decade. He got the

0:28.6

full red cartman treatment. He got a perfect photo op at a U.S. military base and a warm greeting

0:35.3

from the president of the United States of America, complete with a

0:38.5

private one-on-one time with Trump in the presidential vehicle, smiling during the ride.

0:44.3

So what did our president? What did Donald Trump get out of this three-hour meeting with Putin?

0:49.9

Well, from the very short news conference we got afterwards, sounds like not very much.

0:55.5

I believe we had a very productive meeting.

0:57.8

There were many, many points that we agreed on.

1:00.9

Most of them, I would say.

1:02.1

A couple of big ones that we haven't quite gotten there, but we've made some headway.

1:08.6

So there's no deal until there's a deal. We're going to try and get this over with. We really made some headway. So there's no deal until there's a deal. We're going to try and get this

1:13.1

over with. We really made some great progress today. I've always had a fantastic relationship with

1:21.3

President Putin with Vladimir. That is it. That is all President Trump got out of this no ceasefire no luncheon between the

1:32.7

u.s and russian delegations not even a PR opportunity after Putin got all the visuals that he

1:39.2

wanted and it is not a good look for the united states of amer. It certainly doesn't help our standing in the world right now,

1:46.7

a standing that has already been tarnished by tariffs.

1:49.1

This could be due in part to how quickly the summit was put together.

1:53.7

Typically, in normal presidencies, every single interaction and access for any U.S. president

2:00.1

with a foreign leader is heavily debated and

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